Communication & Assistive Tech
Communication and Assistive Tech
Digital Access Overview - Digital Content Creation
Harvard’s Digital Accessibility Services website provides instructions and resources for Harvard community members to create accessible digital materials.
- Evaluating your Website for Accessibility
- Creating Accessible Documents
- Media Accessibility and Closed Captioning
Policies
Harvard University has adopted the following policies to promote the accessibility of its digital systems and communications to persons with disabilities.
Harvard University Digital Accessibility Policy ➜
For Harvard’s public-facing websites and web-based applications.
Academic Alternative Format
Alternative Formats are a form of effective communication and may include audio files (mp3), e-books, DAISY, braille, accessible PDFs, electronic or large print versions of standard print or digital materials.
Assistive Tech Lending
University Disability Resources (UDR) manages the Assistive Technology Library and Lab (ATLL) in the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, Suite 662. The ATLL is a community resource providing opportunities to faculty, staff and students to try...
Captioning
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended offers guidance on providing effective communication for individuals with hearing, vision and speech disabilities. The selected communication tool(s) should provide the individual with the same...
Inclusive Content Creation and Delivery
This brief resource guide is intended to highlight some of the ways in which faculty, instructional staff, and others who are engaged in the creation and delivery of online content may utilize inclusive course design for their academic courses.
